If you consider a Widening Country organisation as a partner or host for your Marie Skłodowska-Curie project, THIS COUNTRY PROFILE IS FOR YOU!

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FACTS AND FIGURES

The most successful organisations in Horizon 2020 and MSCA (until June 2019) H2020 in terms of funds MSCA in terms of project participations

▶ BIOSENSE INSTITUTE ▶ University of Novi Sad

▶ University of Novi Sad ▶ University of Belgrade

▶ Vojvodina ICT Cluster ▶ Institute of Physics Belgrade

▶ Electricity Coordinating Center ▶ BIOSENSE INSTITUTE

▶ INSTITUT MIHAJLO PUPIN ▶ University of Kragujevac

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11Serbian organisations have already received the HR Excellence Award or signed the Charter & Code:▶ https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hrs4r#show_SERBIA ▶ https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/declaration-endorsement

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MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONSConduct research with a Serbian institution!55 researchers are already in Serbia with MSCA, will you become the next one? Team up with a Serbian organisation – 44 are already participating in MSCA.

MSCA key figures – country profile for Serbia:▶ https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/msca-numbers_en

Check the next MSCA calls on the EC website:▶ https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/node_en

Excellent MSCA IF proposals with Serbian host institutions also have a chance of getting funding under the Widening Fellowship Programme. Learn more:▶ https://www.net4mobilityplus.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/N4M__flyer.pdf

Check out the success stories of the Widening countries under MSCA:▶ https://www.net4mobilityplus.eu/widening-countries-success-stories/

Look for job opportunities and find out practical issues about Serbia with EURAXESS:▶ https://www.euraxess.rs/

If you need more information, contact the Serbian National Contact Point for Horizon 2020: ▶ http://horizon2020.mpn.gov.rs/

or the dedicated MSCA NCP: ▶ https://www.net4mobilityplus.eu/contacts/

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NATIONAL MEASURES AND EXCELLENT ORGANISATIONS, ATTRACTING RESEARCHERS FROM ABROAD

▶ The Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia is a public organisation that supports science and research. Programmes support technological de-velopment, advanced and innovative ideas, the development of human resources, laboratories and scientific infrastructure, integration into in-ternational science trends, cooperation between science and industry, and other topics that are of strategic and social significance.

▶ The Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia contributes to the overall development of the inno-vations through various financial aid instruments, particularly by fostering the establishment of new companies and strengthening existing companies, by positioning them to access venture capital mar-kets, and by attracting foreign direct investment in high-tech research and development. Belgrade, www.pixabay.com

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▶ The Science Technology Park Belgrade is a partnership between the Republic of Ser-bia Government, the City of Belgrade and the University of Belgrade. STP Belgrade has become a new business core of the city that brings together dozens of high-tech devel-opment companies/teams by providing dif-ferent programmes and activities, and plays an essential role in developing the innovation ecosystem in Serbia.

The H2020 funded ▶ Project ANTARES aims to evolve BioSense Institute from Serbia into a European Centre of Excellence (CoE) for ad-vanced technologies in sustainable agricul-ture. ANTARES aims to boost the human and material resources of the new CoE in carefully selected research fields, to enable it to create

scientific breakthroughs and sustain excellence across a range of topics. In regards to human resources, this involves hiring exemplary senior research leaders with the aim of injecting specific scientific expertise as well as an innovative attitude into the Institute’s culture.

Griffon vulture- the symbol and brand of Uvac Canyon, photo by Nenad Milošević

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Welcome to the land of great cultural wealth, where nature is just as tame as it is wild, and where beautiful cities have irrevocably entwined the East and the West for centuries. Come, ex-plore Serbia, its ▶ cities, ▶ unique natural beauty, old ▶ monasteries, ▶ archaeological sites, the remains of the Roman Empire, ▶ castles, châ-teaux, ▶ spas, ▶ ethno villages and many other things. Indulge your senses with superb Serbian ▶ cuisine. Feel the burst of energy at some of the most exhilarating music ▶ festivals in Europe, and experience a unique ▶ nightlife that usually lasts until the early morning hours. The capital, Belgrade, is a city which lies near two rivers. The view of the confluence of the rivers ▶ Sava and ▶ Danube from the ▶ Kalemegdan in the sunset is simply breathtaking.

N4M+ project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme

under the Grant Agreement No 785632.

Uvac Special Nature Reserve, photo by Nenad Milošević